Climate Update
Climate Update Archiv Eine wöchentliche Presseschau zu allen Aspekten der Klimakrise aus der Schweiz und der ganzen Welt zusammen. Die Beiträge sind thematisch sortiert und lassen sich nach Themen und Schlagwörtern filtern. Jede Woche empfehlen wir eine Handvoll besonders interessanter Beiträge.
Ausgabe 04-2026
Diese Woche:
Kollaps und Kollapsrisiken allenthalben: Der Global Water Monitor der Uno zeichnet ein düsteres Bild | Schweizer:innen finden Biodiversität wichtig – aber schätzen ihre Gefährdung viel zu optimistisch ein | Das Schicksal der Küsten weltweit hängt vom Schmelzen des Antarktis-Eises ab – und wir wissen nicht, was kommt | Algenblüten gefährden die Weltmeere | Ein Bericht warnt vor Sicherheitsfolgen eines Biodiversitätskollapses in Grossbritannien | Ein Volk in Bolivien vor dem Aussterben
Globale Politik: Das UN-Hochseeabkommen steht | Ein Jahr Trump | WEF in Davos (hier und hier) | Adam Tooze erklärt die neue Weltlage | Was die Proteste gegen das Regime im Iran mit dem Klimakollaps zu tun haben (hier und hier)
Nationale Politik: Der Abstimmungskampf zur Klimafonds-Initiative ist eröffnet
Ferner: Wintersport | Warum Schönheit in der Klimakrise wichtig ist | Kolonialismus und Dekolonialismus | Literatur im Klimanotstand | Die Weisheit der Vorfahren | Ein Klima-Newsletter aus dem Jahr 1979
EMPFOHLEN
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* UN-HOCHSEEABKOMMEN * Tiefe Gewässer schützen
Mikroplastik, Überfischung, Artensterben: Das neue UN-Hochseeabkommen soll die Ozeane besser schützen. Ob das gelingt, hängt von den Staaten ab.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* GLOBAL WATER MONITOR * Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert
EMPFOHLEN KULTUR & BILDUNG
Why Beauty Matters in the Climate Crisis
At a moment when the world feels noisier, faster, and more demanding than ever, what role can beauty play in helping us slow down, reconnect, and remember what matters? Podcast Outrage + Optimism (45 Min.)
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* SCHWEIZ * Ein Drittel der Arten bleibt bedroht
Über 50 Expertinnen und Experten ziehen Bilanz: Der Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweiz ist weiterhin schlecht.
EMPFOHLEN TECH. & ENERGIE
Making the electricity grid work like the internet
Jonas Birgersson joins me to explain how "packet-switching" for electrons can lead to energy abundance and grid resilience.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SUISSE * Vue d’ensemble de la biodiversité : état insuffisant mais quelques évolutions positives depuis 2010
L’état de la biodiversité en Suisse reste insuffisant. Le déclin a toutefois ralenti depuis le début du millénaire et des évolutions positives peuvent être ponctuellement constatées. Le Forum Biodiversité de l’Académie suisse des sciences naturelles et plus de 50 spécialistes tirent cette conclusion de l’analyse des publications scientifiques actuelles et des données de monitoring.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* SCHWEIZ * Gesamtschau Biodiversität: Zustand ungenügend, aber einzelne positive Entwicklungen seit 2010
Der Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweiz ist nach wie vor ungenügend. Der Rückgang hat sich seit der Jahrtausendwende aber verlangsamt und punktuell zeigen sich positive Entwicklungen. Dies schliessen das Forum Biodiversität der Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz zusammen mit über 50 Fachpersonen aus der Analyse aktueller wissenschaftlicher Publikationen und Monitoringdaten.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* ANTARCTIQUE * Les manchots avancent leur période de reproduction
Les manchots de l'Antarctique, région en première ligne du changement climatique, avancent leur période de reproduction à une vitesse "record", concluent des chercheurs dans une étude publiée mardi.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* WINTERSPORT * Das Nationalhobby Skifahren im Überlebenskampf
Die Schweiz hat viel investiert in die Volksfreude Skifahren. Mit dem Schneemangel schmilzt auch ein Stück Identität.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Des incendies qui ravagent le sud du Chili font au moins 20 morts
De gigantesques feux de forêt ont fait 20 morts dans le sud du Chili. Mardi, au quatrième jour d'incendies, les conditions météorologiques plus favorables ont offert dans la nuit un répit aux secours mobilisés.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* GLOBAL WATER MONITOR * En graphiques : L’ONU s’inquiète de la «faillite mondiale de l’eau»
Il n’est plus temps de parler de pénurie d’eau douce, annonce un rapport publié par les spécialistes de l’eau de l’Université des Nations unies. Un document qui révise en profondeur le vocabulaire de l’organisation internationale, pour inciter à l’action
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* GLOBAL WATER MONITOR * Wasser im Klimastress: Globales Schleudertrauma
Überschwemmungen und Dürren nehmen weltweit zu, zeigt der Global Water Monitor. Zu viel oder zu wenig Wasser wird inzwischen auch in Regionen zur Gefahr, die früher als relativ sicher galten.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* WINTER SPORTS * Rising Global Temperatures May Affect Choices for Winter Olympic Venues
Future games will need to be held at higher altitudes, and spread over multiple venues in order to adapt to a changing climate, new research suggests.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered
AUSWIRKUNGEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?
The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilisations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land
AUSWIRKUNGEN
The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide
Study links rapid growth of ocean macroalgae to global heating and nutrient pollution
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* UK | BIODIVERSITY * Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season
Changing temperatures may be behind change in behaviour, which experts fear threatens three species’ survival
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* GLOBAL WATER MONITOR * Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef – except the one thing that matters
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep an iconic ecosystem alive.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Patagonia Is Burning
Heat, drought and high winds exacerbated deadly blazes in Chile this weekend and stoked fires that continue to smolder in Argentina.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
* HEAT * How Hot Was Your Town Last Year? Look Up Where You Live.
2025 was the third hottest year on record, but thousands of cities saw record heat and one broke a record for cold.
AUSWIRKUNGEN EMPFOHLEN
* SCHWEIZ * Ein Drittel der Arten bleibt bedroht
Über 50 Expertinnen und Experten ziehen Bilanz: Der Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweiz ist weiterhin schlecht.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Tackling the Insurance Protection Gap
WWF White Paper: Leveraging climate mitigation and nature to increase resilience
URSACHEN
URSACHEN
Das unbekannte Supertreibhausgas aus Baden-Württemberg
Eine Fabrik des Chemiekonzerns Solvay in Bad Wimpfen bei Heilbronn stößt gigantische Mengen des Treibhausgases SF6 aus, das 25.000-mal so stark wie CO2 wirkt. Die Behörden in Stuttgart sehen keine Handhabe zum wirksamen Einschreiten.
URSACHEN
Staatliche Fossilkonzerne heizen dem Klima ein
17 der 20 weltgrößten CO2-Emittenten unter den Konzernen werden von Regierungen kontrolliert. Dadurch entsteht ein hoher politischer Druck auf den UN-Klimakonferenzen.
URSACHEN
KI saugt die Energiewende auf
Erneuerbare boomen, doch KI-Anwendungen und andere Stromfresser halten die fossilen Kraftwerke weiter am Netz. Dagegen helfen altbekannte Lösungen und eine Diskussion um Dateneffizienz.
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines
Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis says
URSACHEN
Meta Wants Data Center in Sunny El Paso to Rely on Natural Gas
El Paso Electric is seeking approval for a 366-megawatt natural gas power plant that will fuel Meta’s project. Residents worry a new power plant would worsen air pollution and guzzle water.
URSACHEN
Half of Fossil Fuel Carbon Emissions in 2024 Came From 32 Companies
As fossil fuel-based carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise to record levels, a new analysis shows that a majority of these emissions can be traced back to a shrinking number of large corporate entities. Just 32 companies accounted for over half of global fossil carbon emissions in 2024.
URSACHEN
* SUISSE | JO * Une compétition «qui fait fondre la neige dont elle dépend»: une nouvelle étude dénonce l’impact climatique des prochains JO d’hiver
Une coalition d’ONG a évalué que les Jeux olympiques de Milan-Cortina devraient émettre environ 900 000 tonnes d’équivalent CO2. C’est compter sans l’impact carbone lié aux sponsors de l’événement, qui est loin d’être négligeable
URSACHEN
Les mines de charbon abandonnées depuis des décennies continuent à réchauffer massivement le climat
Une équipe tente de quantifier le CO2 dans les eaux qui drainent les anciennes mines de charbon aux Etats-Unis. Alors qu’il en existe 500 000 dans le pays, un échantillon de seulement 140 sites abandonnés dans les Appalaches rejetterait autant de ce gaz réchauffant pour le climat qu’une petite centrale à charbon (100 MW) en activité
URSACHEN
* USA * State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy
Despite many proposals, there is little consensus among governors, lawmakers and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
URSACHEN
* WEF * Au WEF, on parle protection du climat mais on arrive en jet privé
Alors que le WEF 2026 s’ouvre ce lundi, Greenpeace publie une étude selon laquelle le nombre de jets privés autour de Davos a triplé en deux ans.
URSACHEN
BKW will in Deutschland ein Gaskraftwerk bauen
Die geplante Anlage soll Schwankungen in der Stromproduktion ausgleichen und irgendwann mit umweltfreundlichem Wasserstoff betrieben werden. In der Schweiz hingegen plant das Unternehmen keine solchen Investitionen – trotz Warnungen vor Versorgungslücken.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Adopting low-cost ‘healthy’ diets could cut food emissions by one-third
A new study, published in Nature Food, compares prices and emissions associated with 440 local food products in 171 countries.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladesh Clean volunteers are taking public health into their own hands.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
$2 Rental Batteries Are Helping to Power South Africa
The batteries offer an affordable system for those who lack reliable power and the money to buy their own solar panels.
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* STADT BASEL * Vision fürs Bruderholzspital: «Netto-Null-Quartier» mit 420 Wohnungen
Mächtig und von weitem sichtbar thront es auf dem Bruderholz. Doch der stolze Auftritt täuscht: Das Kantonsspital steht vor einer ungewissen Zukunft. Die Baselbieter Regierung denkt spätestens seit Herbst 2024 laut über die Aufgabe des Standorts nach. Was wäre also, wenn das Bruderholzspital als neuer Lebens- und Wohnraum weitergedacht würde? Eine private Initiative legt dazu
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
Fossil fuel transition talks move on to practicalities
In 2026, global dialogues will chart a path to shift away from fossil fuels without harming workers or financial systems, experts told Climate Home
POLITIK
POLITIK
* SUISSE | INITIATIVE FONDS CLIMAT * Le Conseil fédéral rejette l’initiative
L'initiative populaire du PS et des Vert-e-s pour un fonds climat, en votation le 8 mars, ne mise quasiment que sur les subventions, ce qui mettrait à mal les finances fédérales, estime le Conseil fédéral. Il rejette ce texte qui va trop loin.
POLITIK
* SUISSE | INITIATIVE FONDS CLIMAT * Pourquoi la gauche soutient l’idée d’un fonds climat destiné à la transition climatique?
Interview de Christophe Clivaz, conseiller national vert valaisan.
POLITIK
* SUISSE | INITIATIVE FONDS CLIMAT * Le financement du fonds climat: la mère de toutes les batailles
L’initiative des Vert·e·s et du PS demande la création d’un fonds pour lutter contre le changement climatique et protéger la biodiversité. Le Conseil fédéral s’y oppose, estimant en faire assez et que de telles dépenses grèveraient les finances de la Confédération
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 1 AN DE TRUMP * En vidéo : pendant un an, Donald Trump a multiplié les mesures contre le climat
La première année du second mandat de Donald Trump à la Maison-Blanche a été agitée dans bon nombre de domaines. L’administration MAGA a pris près de 300 mesures en lien avec l’environnement
POLITIK
* SCHWEIZ | KLIMAFONDS-INI. * Raus aus der Zukunftsblockade
Am 8. März kommt die Klimafonds-Initiative von SP und Grünen an die Urne. Im Kern geht es um die Frage, ob Klimaschutz endlich höher gewichtet wird als die Schuldenbremse.
POLITIK
* DEUTSCHLAND * Wirtschaftsministerium will vom Energiesparen abrücken
Ein Gesetzentwurf des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums will Vorgaben in der Effizienzpolitik zurückfahren. Das gefährde die wirtschaftliche Zukunft der Industrie,
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* UN-HOCHSEEABKOMMEN * Tiefe Gewässer schützen
Mikroplastik, Überfischung, Artensterben: Das neue UN-Hochseeabkommen soll die Ozeane besser schützen. Ob das gelingt, hängt von den Staaten ab.
POLITIK
* IRAN * How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
Supply failures are dramatic example of way climate crisis threatens basic human needs – and with it political stability
POLITIK
* WEF * Can a defensive Europe stick with decarbonisation in Davos?
With the US doubling down on fossil fuels, maintaining the clean energy transition is central to reducing geopolitical exposure and preserving Europe’s ability to act strategically Maintaining the clean energy transition is key to reducing geopolitical exposure and preserving Europe’s ability to act strategically
POLITIK
* IRAN * Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions, and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down.
Decades of water depletion, dam building, and repression of scientists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 1 YR TRUMP * The consequences of Trump’s war on climate in 7 charts
Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
POLITIK
* TRUMP | UNFCCC * What does Trump’s UNFCCC exit mean for climate diplomacy?
What happens when the world’s most powerful country walks away from the system it helped to build? – Outrage + Optimism Podcast (38 min.)
POLITIK
* SUISSE * Jean-Pierre Danthine, ancien vice-président de la BNS: «Investir dans un fonds climat coûtera moins cher que de ne rien faire»
La campagne autour de l’initiative pour un fonds climat démarre. La gauche, seule à porter ce projet, peut compter sur le soutien de Jean-Pierre Danthine, ancien vice-président de la Banque nationale suisse. Il défend une nouvelle vision du frein à l’endettement
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* TRUMP * Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.
POLITIK
* HIGH SEAS TREATY * World’s First Treaty to Protect the High Seas Becomes Law
Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters by enabling conservation zones.
POLITIK
* SCHWEIZ * Warum verteidigt der Ex-Notenbanker die Klimafondsinitiative?
Die Klimafondsinitiative will jährlich Milliarden an der Schuldenbremse vorbei in den Klimaschutz schleusen. Ausgerechnet der Ex-Vizepräsident der SNB, Jean-Pierre Danthine, findet das eine gute Idee. Warum?
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
AUSWIRKUNGEN KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?
The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilisations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
From Coloniality to Decolonisation
Why we cannot get to the roots of the eco-crisis without first grasping the soil they were planted in, Farhana Sultana explains in this podcast (50 min.)
TECH. & ENERGIE
TECH. & ENERGIE
* SUISSE | HYDROGÈNE * « L’état du marché ne permet pas de justifier des investissements majeurs »
« Dans le contexte économique actuel, nous ne pouvons pas assumer seuls le rôle de moteur de cette filière », explique Jérémie Brillet. Responsable des développements stratégiques chez Romande Energie, il assure toutefois que le GRD demeure « attentif à son évolution. »
TECH. & ENERGIE
This tech could keep EVs from stressing the grid – and save everyone money
Instead of having lots of EVs refueling simultaneously, active managed charging distributes the load through the night, stabilizing the grid.
EMPFOHLEN TECH. & ENERGIE
Making the electricity grid work like the internet
Jonas Birgersson joins me to explain how "packet-switching" for electrons can lead to energy abundance and grid resilience.
WIRTSCHAFT
WIRTSCHAFT
How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
Six years after the financial industry pledged to use trillions to fight climate change and reshape finance, its efforts have largely collapsed.
RECHT
RECHT
* PROCÈS V. HOLCIM * À Zoug, une brèche s’ouvre dans l’impunité des « carbon majors »
« La recevabilité de la plainte déposée par quatre pêcheurs indonésiens constitue une première réponse judiciaire à la hauteur de l’urgence climatique », estiment François de Cambiaire et Lydia Méziani, avocats chez de Cambiaire & Méziani Associés.
RECHT
* USA * In a Setback for Trump, Judge Says N.Y. Wind Farm Can Resume Construction
A federal judge said the Empire Wind project off Long Island would suffer “irreparable harm” if the Trump administration continued to hold up work.
WISSENSCHAFTEN
WISSENSCHAFTEN
* TRUMP * Prof Ben Santer: Trump administration is ‘embracing ignorance’ on climate science
In an interview with Carbon Brief, Santer says the Trump administration is “engaged in a systematic attempt to dismantle climate science”
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press
KULTUR & BILDUNG MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
«A species capable of extraordinary insight, yet seemingly incapable of acting in its own long-term interest»: Professor Kevin Anderson on the C02 Newsletter
From 1979 to 1982 American geologist William N. Barbat published 18 issues of the CO2 Newsletter. His family have kindly supplied copies and given permission for these to be digitised and shared. Every three weeks or so, an issue will be uploaded. To accompany each issue there will be a brief commentary.
ANTI-KLIMA
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 1 AN DE TRUMP * En vidéo : pendant un an, Donald Trump a multiplié les mesures contre le climat
La première année du second mandat de Donald Trump à la Maison-Blanche a été agitée dans bon nombre de domaines. L’administration MAGA a pris près de 300 mesures en lien avec l’environnement
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* 1 YR TRUMP * The consequences of Trump’s war on climate in 7 charts
Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
ANTI-KLIMA POLITIK
* TRUMP * Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.
KULTUR & BILDUNG
KULTUR & BILDUNG MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
«A species capable of extraordinary insight, yet seemingly incapable of acting in its own long-term interest»: Professor Kevin Anderson on the C02 Newsletter
From 1979 to 1982 American geologist William N. Barbat published 18 issues of the CO2 Newsletter. His family have kindly supplied copies and given permission for these to be digitised and shared. Every three weeks or so, an issue will be uploaded. To accompany each issue there will be a brief commentary.
EMPFOHLEN KULTUR & BILDUNG
Why Beauty Matters in the Climate Crisis
At a moment when the world feels noisier, faster, and more demanding than ever, what role can beauty play in helping us slow down, reconnect, and remember what matters? Podcast Outrage + Optimism (45 Min.)
KULTUR & BILDUNG
Beginning the Year With Ancestral Wisdom
As billions around the world mark the beginning of a new year, many are pausing to ask the same questions: what do we carry forward, and what do we leave behind, as we cross from the old into the new? Podcast Outrage + Optimism (41 Min.)
KULTUR & BILDUNG
«Literatur im Klimanotstand», Folge 7: Klimaschutz ist Care-Arbeit
Clara Heinrich blickt mit ihrem funkelnden Debüt in neuer Weise auf die Klimakrise. Doch dieses Buch reicht sehr viel weiter.
Big Oil & Gas
URSACHEN
Staatliche Fossilkonzerne heizen dem Klima ein
17 der 20 weltgrößten CO2-Emittenten unter den Konzernen werden von Regierungen kontrolliert. Dadurch entsteht ein hoher politischer Druck auf den UN-Klimakonferenzen.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Venezuela’s Gas: The World’s Most Expensive Bonfire
DEEP DIVE: As the world fixates on oil, Venezuela burns $1.4bn of gas — while sitting on an untouched methane empire that could redraw regional power
WIRTSCHAFT
BP prévient d’une charge de plusieurs milliards de dollars
Le géant pétrolier britannique BP, en plein rétropédalage sur son ambitieuse stratégie climatique, a prévenu mercredi que ses résultats seraient plombés par une charge de plusieurs milliards de dollars. Des dépréciations liées à la transition énergétique.
BEWEGUNG
* FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE * Ein Einknicken vor der fossilen Lobby und ihrer Regierung wird es nicht geben
Trotz frustrierender Klimapolitik und eskalierender Klimakrise muss die Klimabewegung lernen, damit umzugehen und weiter für eine gerechte Zukunft einzustehen, schreiben Nele Evers und Carla Reemtsma
RECHT
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Fight Over Venezuelan Oil Highlights Shadowy International Legal System
Trump said the socialist government “stole” from American oil companies. Those firms have been seeking billions in compensation through a controversial arbitration system.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * How Chevron played the long game in Venezuela
Chevron met with Trump and spent millions lobbying him to continue operating in Venezuela. Now it is uniquely positioned to profit from that.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Trump’s reckless grab for power, riches, and oil in Venezuela
Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay? “Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see; oil will bring us ruin. Oil is the Devil's excrement" – Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso…
RECHT
* USA * Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits Against Oil Companies
The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Democrats Seek Answers About Oil Industry’s Knowledge of Venezuela Operation
Democrats demanded information from seven top U.S. oil companies about any meetings with the Trump administration regarding plans to control Venezuela’s oil industry.
POLITIK
* USA | VENEZUELA INVASION * Oil Firms Say Venezuela Owes Them Billions Over Earlier Investments
Companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips say that Venezuela owes them billions of dollars for confiscating their assets two decades ago.
POLITIK
* US-ANGRIFF AUF VENEZUELA * Trumps letzte Ölung
Dass der US-Präsident seinen Venezuela-Coup nicht mit dem Parlament, sondern mit den Ölkonzernen besprach, ist ein weiteres Argument für die Energiewende.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Why Chevron Could Reap the Biggest Rewards From Venezuela
The second-largest U.S. oil company, which kept pumping oil in the country after others left, could find it relatively easy to expand its operations if the political conditions there improve.
POLITIK
* US ASSAULT ON VENEZUELA * Trump Long Wanted to ‘Take the Oil.’ He Says He’ll Do It in Venezuela.
The White House had pointed to drug trafficking and migration as reasons to crack down on Nicolás Maduro. But oil emerged as central to President Trump.
ANTI-KLIMA
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
POLITIK
* COP30 | Kommentar * Nachbrenner für den Klimagipfel
Fossile Hardliner verhinderten auf der COP 30 in Belém den Fahrplan zum Ausstieg aus Kohle, Öl und Gas. Nun warnt UN-Menschenrechtschef Türk vor einem Ökozid.
EMPFOHLEN POLITIK
* COP30 * Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.
URSACHEN
* TRUMP * Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
*COP30 | Interview * « La crise climatique demeure un enjeu que nous devons aborder à l’échelle mondiale »
Les conclusions décevantes de la dernière COP poussent à s’interroger sur le modèle même de ces grandes rencontres internationales. Le point avec Delia Berner, analyste en politique climatique internationale, ainsi qu’avec une autre membre de la délégation suisse, représentante de la société civile.
URSACHEN
Aramco believes AI can help double oil-well productivity, hydrocarbons here to stay
President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.
POLITIK
* COP30 * Luisa Neubauer: Zwischen Meilensteinen und fossiler Vormacht
Die Gründe zur Hoffnung liegen im Zwischenraum. Dort, wo nicht alles verloren ist, nur weil nicht alles gewonnen wurde, meint Luisa Neubauer.
POLITIK
* COP30 | RESULTATE * COP 30 endet mit Ergebnis von COP 28
Beim Klimagipfel in Belém scheiterte ein Fahrplan zum Ausstieg aus Kohle, Öl und Gas an Erdölstaaten und musste mit einem Verfahrenstrick gerettet werden.
POLITIK
* COP30 | OBSTRUCTION * Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director Genevieve Guenther
RECHT
TotalEnergies au tribunal pour s’expliquer, première en Belgique
Un agriculteur belge soutenu par trois ONG attaque TotalEnergies mercredi devant la justice civile en Belgique, pour faire reconnaître la responsabilité du géant pétrolier français dans les pertes agricoles liées à la multiplication des événements météorologiques.
WIRTSCHAFT
Entre bulle de l’IA et importance du gaz, les majors pétrolières sont en pleines manœuvres
Le brouillard règne sur les prévisions de consommation mondiale d’or noir. Dans ce contexte, il ne manque plus que l’économie subisse un krach pour voir les cartes pétrolières entièrement rebrassées, explique le géo-économiste Laurent Horvath
ANTI-KLIMA
* COP30 | SAUDIARABIEN * Öko-Bremser und -Vorreiter
Saudi-Arabien betreibt eine widersprüchliche Energiepolitik: Öl für die Welt, Sonne und Wind für zu Hause. Beides folgt aber durchaus ähnlichen Zielen.
ANTI-KLIMA
Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
The company that won a huge verdict against Greenpeace earlier this year has asked a North Dakota court to block a countersuit in the Netherlands.
ANTI-KLIMA
* COP30 | SAUDI ARABIA * Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
URSACHEN
ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness
The oil company is proposing exploratory drilling and seismic testing beyond the borders of its Willow project, in areas home to caribou and other wildlife that provide sustenance for Alaska Natives.
ANTI-KLIMA EMPFOHLEN
Documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis
RECHT
* FRANCE * Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality
ANTI-KLIMA
* USA * Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws
The oil giant said requirements that companies calculate new details about greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks violate Exxon’s free speech rights.
ANTI-KLIMA MEDIEN & ÖFF. MEINUNG
* SUISSE | AVENERGY * Comment le lobby pétrolier sabote la transition énergétique
La politique climatique suisse mise avant tout sur des compensations discutables à l'étranger. Comment en est-on arrivé là ? L’explication cachée a pour nom Avenergy Suisse, comme le révèle notre enquête sur ses méthodes problématiques.
URSACHEN
Ahead of COP30, Brazil grants Petrobras a licence to drill for oil in Amazon region
Brazil has authorised Petrobras to explore for oil off the Amazon coast, a move campaigners say undermines global climate goals
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
ANTI-KLIMA
How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis
Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil and private jets
POLITIK
Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil-fuel industry influence
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation, says step taken on ‘behalf of everybody’
ANTI-KLIMA
Exxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution
Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.
POLITIK
US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule
Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN
IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C
The world would not need to invest in new oil and gas projects if demand for the fuels fell in line with the 1.5C limit on global warming, says the IEA
RECHT
Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed
Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
URSACHEN
Klimakrise ade: Jedes Jahr wird noch mehr Öl und Gas verbrannt
Die Spitze des weltweiten Öl- und Gas-Verbrauchs ist noch längst nicht erreicht. Chevron-CEO Mike Wirth setzt weiter auf Fossiles.
EMPFOHLEN URSACHEN
* USA * Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds
Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement
MILDERUNG & ANPASS.
* BEFORE COP30 * ‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production
Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
UN experts accuse top oil firms of rights violations over Nigerian asset sales
Divestments were made without paying hefty clean-up bills or compensating communities in the pollution-scarred Niger Delta, UN working group says
URSACHEN
Falscher Ölwechsel
Die Zeit, in der sich Ölkonzerne grün gaben und ihre Ökostromprojekte vorzeigten, ist vorbei. Drill, baby, drill darf aber nicht das letzte Wort sein.
URSACHEN
Abkehr von Erneuerbaren: Energiekonzern findet grösstes Öl- und Gasgebiet seit 1999
Die Entdeckung könnte eine wichtige Rolle in den Plänen von BP spielen, die Rohölproduktion wieder zu steigern und den Fokus von erneuerbaren Energien zurück auf die Erdölförderung zu verlegen.
ANTI-KLIMA
Sur le changement climatique, des décennies d’un déni qui ne doit rien au hasard
Malgré des alertes lancées dès les années 1960, les Etats peinent toujours à prendre des mesures pour contrer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Pas étonnant, quand on considère tout ce qui a été mis en œuvre par les lobbys des énergies fossiles pour décrédibiliser la science
URSACHEN WIRTSCHAFT
He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil
A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
RECHT
UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
URSACHEN
Is There A Future Without Oil & Gas?
Former Shell CEO Ben van Beurden joins Cleaning Up Podcast
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech
The firms say their First Amendment rights are being violated when cities and states sue and accuse them of spreading misinformation about climate change.
BEWEGUNG
Youth-led Sunrise Movement to launch campaign to ‘villainize big oil’ and force climate action
With climate policies under siege by the Trump, young climate activists are intensifying their campaign
RECHT
* USA * Will Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Survive the Week?
The city is suing oil companies over global warming. Trump says lawsuits like these threaten national security. The judge wants to hear what both sides think.
RECHT
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.
RECHT
* TRUMP * A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security
The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.
RECHT
The Growing Legal Battle Over Climate Change
Oil and gas companies are facing a wave of new lawsuits over their role in global warming.
RECHT
The Peruvian farmer who has changed the climate litigation landscape forever
A trailblazing lawsuit, whose ruling is now due, has set a global precedent by seeking to hold a fossil firm accountable for its role in accelerating glacial melt
RECHT
Klimaklage gegen RWE: «Im Urteil steht: Unternehmen sind verantwortlich für Klimaschäden»
Zehn Jahre stritt der peruanische Bergbauer Saúl Lliuya mit RWE. Nun hat das Gericht die Klage abgelehnt. Seine Anwältin Roda Verheyen sieht darin trotzdem einen Gewinn.
RECHT
German court dismisses Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit against RWE
Court rejects argument that man’s home is at risk from glacial flood but sets precedent that polluters may be held liable for costs
EMPFOHLEN RECHT
Peruanischer Bauer gegen RWE: Eine Niederlage zum Jubeln
Ein peruanischer Bauer wollte den deutschen Energiekonzern RWE verpflichten, sich entsprechend seinem CO2-Ausstoß an der Klimaanpassung in den Anden zu beteiligen. Nun scheiterte er vor Gericht. Warum NGOs das Urteil dennoch als historischen Erfolg feiern.
RECHT
* USA * Despite Backlash, More States Are Considering Laws to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change
After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.
ANTI-KLIMA
* REPORT * Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages
Dozens of states, counties, cities, and tribes across the United States and its territories are currently suing major fossil fuel companies for fraud, climate damages, or racketeering.
ANTI-KLIMA
How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change
A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their products’ harms.
ANTI-KLIMA RECHT
* TRUMP * An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam
The Trump administration has declared litigation to hold oil companies responsible for climate change a threat to the American economy and has taken aggressive steps to fight it.
POLITIK
COP30 must heed the elephant in the room: fossil fuels
Oil, gas and coal cause three-quarters of global emissions. Why are they nowhere to be seen on the Belém climate summit’s agenda?
RECHT
* TRUMP * Hawaii Announced a Climate Lawsuit. So the Government Sued Hawaii First.
In an unusual move, the Trump administration pre-emptively sued Hawaii and Michigan to try to stop them from suing oil companies over global warming.
TECH. & ENERGIE
Can Oil & Gas Learn to Love Geothermal?
Geothermal seems to have found new favour under Donald Trump's presidency, but can it ever live up to its potential? Will the oil and gas industry reinvent itself before becoming obsolete? And how might geothermal energy change the global energy landscape? This week on Cleaning Up, Bryony Worthington talks to Jamie Beard, founder of Project InnerSpace, about why geothermal energy has never lived up to its hype, and whether it has the potential do so.
URSACHEN
BP’s climate u-turn set to cause 72,000 extra heat deaths
Fossil fuel giant BP’s recent scrapping of its 2030 interim target to reduce production is estimated to cause 72,000 additional heat deaths by the end of this century driven by increased emissions from burning more oil and gas, new Global Witness analysis shows. The target was to cut oil and gas production by 40% by the end of 2030 relative to 2019.
ANTI-KLIMA KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
ExxonMobil helps Amazon nation Guyana build ‘petrostate’, while people stay poor
Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations and unchecked gas flaring
RECHT
Chevron Must Pay $745 Million for Coastal Damages, Louisiana Jury Rules
The verdict will likely influence similar lawsuits against other oil companies over coastal damage in the state.
WIRTSCHAFT
* TRUMP & OIL * Oil Executives Are Quiet on Trump Policies. Privately, They’re Worried.
Eager to stay in Mr. Trump’s good graces, oil executives refrain from publicly criticizing the president. But privately, ‘Everybody’s afraid.’
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking
Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial
RECHT
* USA * She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target.
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’
As Trump pushes ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda, Greenpeace verdict offers startling outlook for environmental activism
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER c. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace condamnée à verser des centaines de millions de dollars à l’exploitant d’un oléoduc américain
L'ONG Greenpeace a déclaré à l'AFP qu'elle ferait appel du jugement. «Vous ne pouvez pas mettre en faillite un mouvement», a lancé Sushma Raman, de Greenpeace USA à l'AFP.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Jury Orders Greenpeace to Pay Pipeline Company More Than $660 Million
The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * Greenpeace soll Millionenstrafe zahlen: Klagen gegen NGO nehmen zu
Auch in der Schweiz nehmen Klagen gegen Nichtregierungsorganisationen zu. «Solche Rechtsfälle binden massiv Ressourcen», sagt Iris Menn, Chefin von Greenpeace Schweiz.
POLITIK
* TRUMP * What Oil Executives Want From the President
Tariffs, tax credits and deregulation are among the industry’s top priorities.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * It Fought to Save the Whales. Can Greenpeace Save Itself?
The storied group has a remarkable history of daring protests and high-profile blunders. It faces a reckoning in North Dakota.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* TRUMP * U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change
To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”
ANTI-KLIMA
*TRUMP* Team Trump tries to spread the crazy abroad
We’re reaching the point with the second Trump administration where, as Wall Street investors would say, the crazy is “priced in.” There’s absolutely no reason to expect anything other than aggressively dishonest and profoundly stupid governance.
POLITIK
*TRUMP* Will the Shift to Clean Power Continue Under Trump?
Earlier this week, Lisa Friedman, Brad Plumer and I reported on the head-spinning moves by the Trump administration that are undermining the government’s ability to combat climate change.
ANTI-KLIMA
*TRUMP* What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary
“The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational, quasi-religious policies on climate change that imposed endless sacrifices on our citizens", Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told on Monday.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an argument that aimed to restrict states from suing oil companies for financial damage related to climate change.
URSACHEN
Hälfte der globalen fossilen Treibhausgas-Emissionen geht auf das Konto von nur 36 Konzernen
Dabei nehmen staatliche Player wie die saudi-arabische Erdöl-Gesellschaft Saudi Aramco die vordersten Plätze in dem Negativ-Ranking ein.
URSACHEN
*TRUMP* Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas
Donald Trump’s repeated mantra of “drill, baby, drill” demands that more oil and gas be extracted in the United States, but the president has set his sights on an even broader goal: keeping the world hooked on planet-heating fossil fuels for as long as possible.
URSACHEN
Oil giant Pemex fails to control methane emissions, threatening Mexico’s net zero goal
A Climate Home investigation shows Mexico’s state oil firm has struggled to cut its methane emissions as promised, risking the country’s net zero ambitions
WIRTSCHAFT
BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works
Companies will never solve the climate emergency alone. The impetus for change needs to come from government
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * A Tough Start for Greenpeace in Court Fight With Pipeline Giant
The environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the North Dakota Supreme Court it can’t get a fair trial.
BEWEGUNG RECHT
* ENERGY TRANSFER V. GREENPEACE * ‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest Begins
Energy Transfer, which owns the Dakota Access Pipeline, is seeking $300 million, a sum that Greenpeace says could bankrupt the storied environmental group.
WIRTSCHAFT
BP enterre son ambitieuse stratégie climat et remet les gaz sur les hydrocarbures
Le géant britannique des hydrocarbures BP a enterré mercredi une stratégie climatique autrefois ambitieuse et annoncé un recentrage sur la production et les investissements dans le pétrole et le gaz, avec l'espoir de doper ses bénéfices en berne et ses redistributions aux actionnaires.
POLITIK
*TRUMP* Climate advocacy groups file two lawsuits against Trump administration
Green advocacy groups filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration on Wednesday, marking the first environmental legal challenges against the president’s second administration.
POLITIK
Environmentalists Sue to Block Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plans
Environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to stop the Trump administration from opening up vast new areas to offshore oil and gas drilling.
URSACHEN
*TRUMP* Feds Approve Another Deepwater Oil Export Terminal Off Texas
The Trump administration on Friday approved plans for a second deepwater oil loading terminal off the Texas coast, opening another door for continued long-term growth in American crude production and exports.
WIRTSCHAFT
Von wegen Energiewende: Das Erdöl hat die besten Jahre noch vor sich
Erstmals macht die Schweizer Firma Vitol ihre Prognosen zum Erdölbedarf öffentlich zugänglich. Der Bericht zeigt: Die Energiewende dürfte deutlich mehr Zeit in Anspruch nehmen.
ANTI-KLIMA
* TRUMP * Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands
Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public land
URSACHEN
Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in China
Shell has avoided paying compensation for nearly 2 million sham carbon credits it supported in China, as registry Verra has been unable to hold the world’s largest offsets buyer to account for the scandal.